#TxDPS - VI Window Tint Program
Window Tinting Standards
Note: Windows immediately to the right and left of the driver that have less than 25% light transmission will fail inspection, regardless of the year model of the vehicle.
A medical exemption is required, only if the citizen needs tint on the two front windows darker than the 25% requirement.
Sunscreening devices can be applied to the windshield if all of the conditions below are met.
- Sunscreening devices must be applied above the AS-1 line. If there is no AS-1 line, sunscreening devices must end five inches below the top of the windshield.
- Sunscreening devices may not be red, amber, or blue in color.
- Sunscreening devices, when measured in combination with the original glass, must have a light transmittance value of 25% or more.
- Sunscreening devices, when measured in combination with the original glass, must have a luminous reflectance value of 25% or less.
- A clear (un-tinted) UV film is allowed anywhere on the front windshield without a medical exemption being required.
Sunscreening devices can be applied to the side windows to the right and left of the driver if the following conditions are met.
- Sunscreening devices, when measured in combination with the original glass, have a light transmittance value of 25% or more.
- Sunscreening devices, when measured in combination with the original glass, have a luminous reflectance value of 25% or less.